# Reeb (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/reeb/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,436 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,984 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 215,004 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.8% (1,478 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Dutch and German surname, from the old Germanic name *Ripo, derived from a compound *rīkī (“power”) + *berht (“bright”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Reeb in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Reeb in the United States.

## People named Reeb

- James Reeb, American activist and minister (1927–1965)

## Similar surnames

Reeve, Reep, Reef, Rubio, Ruff, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife, Raab.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.